Happy Tuesday! Here's the top news for March 18th 👇

🔵 Bitcoin dawns above $82,700, still slightly within its sideways channel in this area.

🔵 The global money supply is skyrocketing, which could be a bullish sign for Bitcoin.

🔵 However, indicators of a possible recession are growing, which could accelerate the arrival of crypto winter.

🔵 A class-action lawsuit is being filed in New York against the promoters of Libra, the cryptocurrency promoted by Javier Milei.

🔵 Standard Chartered reduces its ETH price prediction for 2025, from $10,000 to $4,000.

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#Bitcoin Liquidity Heat Map Update 👀

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BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Elon Musk claims the US government is making money out of thin air.

#bullishbounty

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According to analyst Willy Woo, the most important chart for Bitcoin right now is the SPX, and it "looks pretty good."

📈 Various technical analysis parameters indicate that the SPX could be facing a price rebound that would end the current tension.

💥 This bodes well for BTC, given its historical correlation.

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy buys another 130 bitcoins worth $10.7 million.

Lazarus converted the stolen $ETH to $BTC after the Bybit hack, and now holds 13,562 $BTC, worth approximately $1.12 billion, according to Arkham data.

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North Korea has quietly become the third-largest government holder of Bitcoin, with 13,562 BTC, largely due to the activities of the Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking collective. The Lazarus Group is responsible for several cyberattacks, including the recent Bybit hack.

🇰🇵North Korea's Lazarus group has converted stolen $ETH into $BTC after the Bybit hack, and is now holding 13,562 $BTC worth around $1.12B according to Arkham data🔥

The insider whale added $5 million in margin to his short position, setting a new liquidation price of $86,593.

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$BTC Top countries by number of bitcoins they own.

Fun facts:

The largest BTC holders didn't buy a single coin. The US, China, the UK, Finland... all of these countries obtained their BTC through illegal confiscations.

🇺🇦 Ukraine acquired BTC primarily through donations amid war efforts.

🇰🇷 North Korea accumulated BTC through cybercrime and hacking.

🇩🇪 Germany now owns 0 BTC because the state decided to sell it all last summer when BTC was worth $57k. 👀

BTC Non-Wholecoiners Show Their Paper Hands

As businesses and governments continue to accumulate Bitcoin, non-wholecoiners (those holding less than 1 BTC) are gradually reducing their holdings, mirroring the trend seen in late 2020.

In the previous cycle, when BTC rose to $40,000, non-wholecoiners sold 0.07M BTC. A similar pattern is emerging in this cycle, although since 2020, retail holdings have still grown 37% to reach 1.75M BTC.

WEAK HANDS

#GOLD reaches $3,000 per ounce after rising 38% in the last year and 14.3% since January 1, 2025 in less than 3 months.

I like the last one, the one on the right, because it doesn't have a logo, it makes it more professional.

Bitcoin fell 72% in 2018 (bottom of $3,740.50) due to the US-China trade war and 2.9% inflation... 👀

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🔥 JUST IN: Metaplanet bought 162 $BTC worth around $13.5 million, totalling to 3,050 $BTC on their balance sheet.

🌀😱 #BTC Halving Spiral is closer than ever to crossing, with Bitcoin’s 4-year CAGR dropping below 10% for the first time ever.